New Author Publishes Historical Novel
"Long Horizon" chronicles the dream of intelligent, headstrong Jessica McCarey, who entices her family into the crazy oil boom of 1914 Oklahoma. The saga, covering a forty-year period contains adventure and drama: the heartaches, love and bonds of a hardworking Irish family.
Gulfport, MS, April 06, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Former ConocoPhillips Employee Publishes Oil Boom Novel.
Former ConocoPhillips Company employee, Sue Monkress, recently published her first novel, Long Horizon. The story is a family saga which revisits a rich, exciting period of history: the wild 1900’s oil boom. The story tells the dream of Jessie McCarey, a young woman who strong-arms her reluctant brothers into gambling on an oil drilling business in rough 1914 Oklahoma. The family business, McCarey Oil Company, successfully survives a world depression and two world wars while Jessie’s personal life careens between joy and loss. When Jessie loses her partner, her beloved older brother, she must compete with a Senior Vice President, ‘a tough old bulldog’ for control of McCarey Oil. Readers are in for a nostalgic journey through a fascinating time period, as well as a surprising twist at the board meeting to elect a new CEO.
Ms. Monkress began writing this novel fifteen years ago. After leaving ConocoPhillips to pursue other interests, she determined to complete the book. A story “always in the back of my mind; basically a love letter to Oklahoma,” it relates some facts of Oklahoma history and the exciting birth of the oil industry. After submitting proposals to book publishers, she was excited to learn that her work would be listed on Lulu.com. “Lulu enabled me to become a published author.”
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Sue Monkress, an Oklahoma native, presently lives and works on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Her book can be found at:
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/long-horizon/3767377.
Former ConocoPhillips Company employee, Sue Monkress, recently published her first novel, Long Horizon. The story is a family saga which revisits a rich, exciting period of history: the wild 1900’s oil boom. The story tells the dream of Jessie McCarey, a young woman who strong-arms her reluctant brothers into gambling on an oil drilling business in rough 1914 Oklahoma. The family business, McCarey Oil Company, successfully survives a world depression and two world wars while Jessie’s personal life careens between joy and loss. When Jessie loses her partner, her beloved older brother, she must compete with a Senior Vice President, ‘a tough old bulldog’ for control of McCarey Oil. Readers are in for a nostalgic journey through a fascinating time period, as well as a surprising twist at the board meeting to elect a new CEO.
Ms. Monkress began writing this novel fifteen years ago. After leaving ConocoPhillips to pursue other interests, she determined to complete the book. A story “always in the back of my mind; basically a love letter to Oklahoma,” it relates some facts of Oklahoma history and the exciting birth of the oil industry. After submitting proposals to book publishers, she was excited to learn that her work would be listed on Lulu.com. “Lulu enabled me to become a published author.”
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Lulu.com: Lulu.com is the premier marketplace for digital content on the
Internet, with over 300,000 recently published titles, and more than 4,000 new titles added each week, created by people in 80 different countries. Lulu is changing the world of publishing by enabling the creators of books, video,
periodicals, multimedia and other content to publish their work themselves with complete editorial and copyright control. With Lulu offices in the US, Canada the UK and Europe, Lulu customers can reach the globe.
Sue Monkress, an Oklahoma native, presently lives and works on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Her book can be found at:
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/long-horizon/3767377.
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